Ray Sidney-Smith

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[Evernote @evernote]

A look back at what we released in July ☀️

Add dynamic date mentions, make images easier to retrieve in Search with captions, and connect Evernote to other AI tools with the MCP.

Mylo walks through all the updates in our latest monthly recap 👇

[WIRED @WIRED]

Mini human brains are being grown in labs all over the world. Soon, they could outthink neural networks. https://t.co/dEqMFqQML8

[Stanford HAI @StanfordHAI]

📢 New policy brief: Data brokers sell your personal data — including to AI developers — yet most states don't regulate them. Our latest brief examines compliance with California’s data broker regulations and calls for stricter data privacy protections nationwide. https://t.co/ZrtFFz1fpZ

[Zara Zhang @zarazhangrui]

This paper gives a fancy name to a problem you can already feel in your bones

"The Tragedy of the Cognitive Commons." Checking AI output requires deep expertise. Deep expertise comes from doing grunt work for years. And grunt work is the first thing AI eats

So we're building systems that need expert supervision while dismantling the only known process for making experts

The paper calls the shared pool of human expertise the "cognitive commons." Every profession drinks from it. Nobody's refilling it.

By eliminating junior roles, each company is acting totally rationally, and the collective result: a profession that can't catch AI's mistakes anymore because it never learned to do the work in the first place

Who checks AI's homework in 15 years?

[Ray Sidney-Smith @rsidneysmith]

I find meaning in my volunteer/philanthropic projects. They each serve a purpose in my life. The higher context isn't needed for me.

[Ray Sidney-Smith @rsidneysmith]

Also, finding your purpose should rarely be your job/career. And some may find meaning easier in the personal projects you're doing, not necessarily on broader/higher level contexts.

[Psychology Today @PsychToday]

What if finding your purpose isn't about thinking harder but trying more things? The "spaghetti method" suggests experimenting widely and noticing what sticks. https://t.co/CSXbjdyfXg

[ABC News @ABC]

Myspace might be making a comeback. The platform's owners are reportedly planning a relaunch of the iconic social media site.

[Seeker @Seeker]

Your Fitbit data can now connect directly to Apple Health https://t.co/h8tnMusQ30

[TNW @thenextweb]

He keeps 500,000 books. AI wants the oldest ones. Nick Dawes will sell almost anything, except the only known copy. Zoom Books says its buyer agreements are confidential. https://t.co/nv5guOsHeU

[Ray Sidney-Smith @rsidneysmith]

This is a great technique. Highly recommend you try it sometime.

[Psychology Today @PsychToday]

With a reverse bucket list, people recall positive memories and past accomplishments. This technique grounds them in gratitude, restores a sense of personal agency, and gently recalibrates their direction. https://t.co/Xg69aQXzsy

[Evernote @evernote]

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[Yuval Noah Harari @harari_yuval]

We are facing a world where a new generation grows up with intimate relationships with AI. What are the risks?

[Matty McTech @setupspawn]

End of an era… 💔 After 14 years and 1.7 billion views, YouTube removed the original Rick Roll. 😢

https://t.co/BpDmQVJswD

Let your friends know.

[Ray Sidney-Smith @rsidneysmith]

This is embarrassing. 🤦🏻‍♂️ AI can be amazing but do the work needed; don't just blindly trust AI to do everything for you.

[PBS News @NewsHour]

The State Department said ​it takes "full responsibility" for "hastily" altering and then presenting a map of Africa at a global AIDS conference that mislabeled every single country it highlighted.

An analysis by Reuters found a watermark in the map image that suggests it was made with OpenAI.

[Tom Warren @tomwarren]

Microsoft-owned LinkedIn just added a “seems like AI slop” button to report posts that don’t feel human-written. It’s part of a broader push to get rid of AI slop on LinkedIn https://t.co/MX9T60AsDf

[Psychology Today @PsychToday]

The most mentally healthy people you know remain steady and calm no matter what's going on around them because they've developed some key habits and traits, starting with these. https://t.co/E4er57zUpe

[Gizmodo @Gizmodo]

Trump’s Robot Vacuum Ban Sucks for Everyone https://t.co/d6guv4yocT

[The Verge @verge]

The app will merge Copilot’s chat, coding, and agentic features. https://t.co/asr5i13a9Y

[Internet Archive @internetarchive]

Free speech matters. So does the ability to verify what's true.

Without a stable historical record, accountability becomes harder, evidence disappears, and public debate suffers.

Michael Menna and Lila Bailey argue that preserving our shared memory is essential to democracy in THE POLITICAL THREATS OF VANISHING CULTURE AND THE NEED TO PROTECT OUR FUTURE MEMORY.

📖 Read or download the paper today ⬇️
https://t.co/OmZRHE2IL0

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